sPHENIX cold QCD topical group

["Aidala, Christine" <caidala AT bnl.gov>]

Dear all,

 

Given that we have no confirmed presentations and a number of people are currently away, tomorrow’s Cold QCD Topical Group / EIC Detector Study Group meeting is cancelled.

 

In brief news since the last meeting on Monday, July 23, our National Academy Committee report was released on July 24.  The NAS press release along with a link to the report can be found at:

http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=25171&_ga=2.209086742.50427317.1532451645-1385917444.1532451645

 

Or the report can be downloaded directly by clicking on “Download Free PDF” from:

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25171/an-assessment-of-us-based-electron-ion-collider-science

 

JLab, BNL, and the EIC User Group issued a joint statement after the release:

https://www.jlab.org/news/releases/statement-jefferson-lab-brookhaven-lab-and-electron-ion-collider-users-community

 

And the report has gotten some coverage in the media:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/scientists-endorse-billion-dollar-collider-look-inside-protons-and-neutrons

 

https://www.aip.org/fyi/2018/electron-ion-collider-proposal-backed-national-academies-report

 

https://gizmodo.com/new-american-particle-collider-gets-thumbs-up-from-nati-1827831671

 

 

In other news, last week was the annual EIC User Group meeting, hosted by the Catholic University of America this year.  The agenda with links to talks is available at https://wiki.jlab.org/cuawiki/index.php/EIC_User_Group_Meeting_2018#Agenda.

 

Best regards,

Christine and Nils

 

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Christine A. Aidala

Associate Professor

Department of Physics

University of Michigan

(734) 764-7611